Couple of movies today, first Priest. Somewhat different approach to vampire scene, but doesn't quite deliver. What this lacks is gore and lots of it... There is cartoon style chapter where background story is told and that gives you very bloody images, but rest of the film is too clean. Some nice imagery, Karl Urban is great as always and film isn't too long either.

Then Blitz. Now it's nice to see Statham in home turf, and solid performance here also. Modern Dirty Harry this one, not so much classic but still very easy 90 minutes.

X-men: First Class

IT KICKED ASS!
Loved the Wolverine cameo

A BUNCH of things were inconsistent with the other films though... oh well.

cap'n america

chris evans, youre ok

[Octillus]

X-men: First Class

IT KICKED ASS!
Loved the Wolverine cameo

A BUNCH of things were inconsistent with the other films though... oh well.

They all were, but I had such an ear to ear grin watching Banshee fly I didn't fucking care.

[EphelDuath666]

X-Men: First Class. Really dug it a lot, despite the inconsistencies The Wolverine cameo was pretty funny actually! Fassbender was great as usual. But Kevin Bacon looked a little ridiculous wearing that Magneto helmet.

and as for the daily horror flick, it was Wishmaster this time. It's still pretty decent but not as good anymore as I thought it was back in the 90's. But I was younger then and probably easily impressed, heh. The splatter effects are pretty well done and hand made, which is always a big plus so I give the movie a lot of credit for that. One of the next movies I'll watch will be 'Demon Knight' and I might feel the same way about that one. We shall see...

[JuZ]

I have quite the mancrush on Michael Fassbender (don't tell my wife, she'll get funny ideas ) so that gives me another reason to finally watch First Class.

Here be my two horror films for the past two days:

10/15: For this nights film I, for the third time, watched a film based on a Lovecraft story, "The Whisperer in Darkness." Is it obvious I'm a bit of a fan of his writings? This film was created by the same group that made "The Call of Cthulhu" silent film that I reviewed a few days ago and they give this Lovecraft story much the same treatment. Presented as a 1930s black and white film, and for the most part pretty convincingly, it tells the tale of an alien race of crab-like beings that appear in Vermont and attract a Miskatonic University professor who is a skeptic to investigate. What he learns when he arrives is horrifying and could potentially end Earth as we know it-- but I won't ruin it for you, it's over-the-top and very typically Lovecraft. Probably the biggest strength of this film as was the same with "The Call of Cthulhu" is the very obvious love the creators have for Lovecraft's stories. Every effort is put forth to make it as close to the original story as possible and in doing so it feels like the greatest care went into its creation. Once again, though, the films downfall lies in it's obvious lack of budget. It does well with what it has, but somethings, the acting namely, suffer from budgetary constraints. It is nice to see people dedicate so much to bringing Lovecraft's words to life, especially a story as different as this one, but one can only hope someone backs their vision more to lead it even greater success.
8/10

10/16: For what I'm calling today's film I saw Eli Craig's "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil." Wow... this may be one of the funniest films I've ever seen. Seriously. But before I sing it's praises... basically, this movie "Shaun of the Dead"'s "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Two innocent, kindly hillbillies have bought a vacation house fixer-upper in the backwoods of West Virginia. A group of college students is vacationing in the same woods as well and after innocent deaths of their friends begin to think the two hillbillies are doing all the killing. This is all surrounded in a heart-warming love story that emerges with one of the hillbillies. A hilarious comedy of errors I was laughing pretty much solidly for an hour and a half. All the deaths are typically gruesome for the slasher genre and done amazingly well, and all happen completely innocently. Craig also does a really ingenious flipping around of the slasher as well. The "killers" are completely innocent and become sucked into a situation they did nothing to create, and the "victims" end up becoming the evil ones themselves. I can't recommend this enough, it's not only funny but brilliant about what it has to say about the horror genre-- and it just make you go "awwwwww" too. Really the only flaw I can find is it bogs a tad in the second third of the movie, but this is nowhere near enough to write off such a good film. I'm still stuck on deciding, but I might even pick this one over Shaun of the Dead. And that's a big statement.
9.5/10

http://lensesnbrews.blogspot.com/2011/10/double-feature-whisperer-in-darkness.html

X-Men: First Class. Really dug it a lot, despite the inconsistencies The Wolverine cameo was pretty funny actually! Fassbender was great as usual. But Kevin Bacon looked a little ridiculous wearing that Magneto helmet.

Yeah, I snickered when Bacon first donned the helmet, but when Fassbender took it off him and wore it for the first time, it was a "fuck that's awesome" moment.

[EphelDuath666]

10/16: For what I'm calling today's film I saw Eli Craig's "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil." Wow... this may be one of the funniest films I've ever seen. Seriously. But before I sing it's praises... basically, this movie "Shaun of the Dead"'s "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Two innocent, kindly hillbillies have bought a vacation house fixer-upper in the backwoods of West Virginia. A group of college students is vacationing in the same woods as well and after innocent deaths of their friends begin to think the two hillbillies are doing all the killing. This is all surrounded in a heart-warming love story that emerges with one of the hillbillies. A hilarious comedy of errors I was laughing pretty much solidly for an hour and a half. All the deaths are typically gruesome for the slasher genre and done amazingly well, and all happen completely innocently. Craig also does a really ingenious flipping around of the slasher as well. The "killers" are completely innocent and become sucked into a situation they did nothing to create, and the "victims" end up becoming the evil ones themselves. I can't recommend this enough, it's not only funny but brilliant about what it has to say about the horror genre-- and it just make you go "awwwwww" too. Really the only flaw I can find is it bogs a tad in the second third of the movie, but this is nowhere near enough to write off such a good film. I'm still stuck on deciding, but I might even pick this one over Shaun of the Dead. And that's a big statement.

I fully agree with what you said. I LOVE this movie. I hope it will get more and more attention.

I watched 'Poltergeist'. It's still pretty good but of course it does not have the same effect on you as it did when you were a kid. But it was enjoyable anyways as I haven't watched it for ages.

I've finally missed a horror for one day, yesterday (sigh) but here's mine for today:

10/18: For tonight's film I watched Mario Bava's "Black Sabbath." After seeing the title, I of course had to watch seeing as how it's the inspiration for the name of one of the most influential bands of all time. This film comes in three short stories, one involving a nurse who must dress a dead woman and ends up stealing the deceased's ring. In doing so she invokes the wrath of the dead. The next follows a woman who is receiving threatening, disturbing phone calls from her dead boyfriend. The last has a man who stumbles upon a family with a serious vampire problem. Bava's influence on Argento is shown greatly here, with bright colors and terrifying, over the top scenes; the cinematography is gorgeous. The mood throughout the film is very well done and quite engaging as well. Boris Karloff's narration and cameo also give the film something special as he is at his best here. A powerful yet typical giallo film that I thoroughly enjoyed as good, classic horror.
8.5/10
http://lensesnbrews.blogspot.com/2011/10/black-sabbath.html

Drive - This was really good. Enjoyed watching it for the style and the pace. Had no idea what it was about going in. Glad I didn't.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams - I suppose I just don't like documentaries. I'd give it a 6/10. Not that I didn't learn anything or enjoy it, but it was very belaboured.

Shotgun Stories - Simple story about two feuding sets of brothers with a common dad. The characters felt very real.

I watched Red State last night. A movie that I was really stoked for, until I saw the trailer. I didn't think it would be a good watch after that, but I was proven thoroughly wrong. Michael Parks did an awesome job catching the creepy church vibe. When I was kid, I was drug to church that while completely different in practice, weren't too far away in ideals, so for me his role as a crazy pastor seemed pretty authentic.

Then there's John Goodman. John goodman was amazing! I've always been a huge Goodman fan, this movie only magnifies that. His performance really tied the last bits of the movie together.

While it wasn't the best movie ever, it was a very intense watch, I would recommend it. Not even as Kevin Smith, as lately I've been liking him a hell of a lot less, this doesn't even seem like something he'd do. It feels like more of a Tarintino mixed with a bit of Rob Zombie kinda thing. Definitely his best movie.

I watched Red State last night. A movie that I was really stoked for, until I saw the trailer. I didn't think it would be a good watch after that, but I was proven thoroughly wrong. Michael Parks did an awesome job catching the creepy church vibe. When I was kid, I was drug to church that while completely different in practice, weren't too far away in ideals, so for me his role as a crazy pastor seemed pretty authentic.

Then there's John Goodman. John goodman was amazing! I've always been a huge Goodman fan, this movie only magnifies that. His performance really tied the last bits of the movie together.

While it wasn't the best movie ever, it was a very intense watch, I would recommend it. Not even as Kevin Smith, as lately I've been liking him a hell of a lot less, this doesn't even seem like something he'd do. It feels like more of a Tarintino mixed with a bit of Rob Zombie kinda thing. Definitely his best movie.

thats the only good thing about that movie

[EphelDuath666]

OK, my last two horror flicks...

first I watched 'Prince of Darkness'. It was the third time watching it for me and the third time didn't do the trick either. Now I love Carpenter but this one just doesn't do it for me. Donald Pleasence plays pretty much the same role he played in the Halloween movies. The only difference is that he's a pastor in this one. But it's the same 'you have to believe me...it's pure evil!!!' kind of thing. It's not really all that creepy either. So yeah, after I watched it 3 times now I doubt it will ever grow on me.

the second one I watched was 'The Return of the living Dead 2'. Yeah, it's basically the same movie as the first one and not as good either but I like it anyways. It's silly and pretty mindless. I'd like to watch 'The return of the livng dead 3' too but I don't own it on DVD as there hasn't really been a good DVD of that movie here in Germany yet. The one they released here looks like crap and isn't really worth the money.

I also watched Rango again with a friend yesterday. That one is just always awesome!

I watched Red State last night.

I want to see this. What's sad is that Kevin Smith is planning on retiring. What I've heard about Red State (for the most part) is that it's not all that great but it is quite original. I feel as though Kevin Smith is talented enough to really hone this style and turn it into a new direction for himself.

Of course, I could be completely wrong. He hasn't put out a good movie since Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (IMO).